My original point, as you stated very succinctly in the first sentence, was that much of what princepawn has written
has been valuable and necessary, because languages (and for different reasons, communities) ought to be kept on the
defensive.

Why? I mean, maybe at a corporate level, but why here? Why do you have to come to a community of Perl people to
then defend Perl? Perl is a tool. Not a religion, not a politcal faction, not a moral, not a lifestyle (except that some of us make
a living doing it). Why would/should I need to defend why a hammer is good for hammering, versus a wrench which is good for tightening? I shouldn't,
and don't expect to go to hammers.com, join a community of hammer lovers/users and defend the hammer. So, I do disagree here.

Perl is a tool. It isn't the be-all-end-all. If someone doesn't like it, they can use another tool.

I have kept out of the whole princepawn thing until now. Personally, I don't care that he is gone. Most of his nodes, IMO, were a waste. But hey, that's me.
I think it was moronic for him to use a second userid to trick us, and to carry on two personas. But, those are my feelings on that, in a nutshell.

PerlMonks has continued to evolve, and will continue to. It has become a good resource, and a fun place.
For the most part, it seems that the concensus of the people here create unwritten rules, and people tend to abide by them.
Spats happen, as they will, and people will leave. We just have to keep truckin along, be ourselves, and share our knowledge of Perl.

Went to join the gridlock to see it
Held an eclipse party
Watched a live feed
I cn"t see tge kwubosd to amswr thus
I tried to see it, but 8000 miles of rock got in the way
What eclipse?
Wanted to see it, but they wouldn't reschedule it
Read the book instead